You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you willlive in torment if you don't trust enough.

The mostdramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between men butbetween a man and himself where the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

The mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

To copy is to put an end to creativeness. Unless there is originality, you can do nothing.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

Remember when feminisit movements were something men gathered on street corners to admire as the girls strolled by

Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. WE can only record its moods and chronicle their return.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Whenthere is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

Thetime to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

Whilewe consider when to begin, it becomes too late.